Re: ¿Por qué se le dice baggy?

Hello PIM!

Baggy refers to any loose fitting clothing, i.e., baggy jeans, baggy pants, baggy shirt, baggy suit, et cetera. It is fashionable for certain items to be baggy (jeans) and others to be baggy for comfort (sweaters) but it can also be a derogatory comment or unflattering thing to say that a person's clothes are baggy because the clothing is ill-fitted. "Look at her and that baggy thing she's wearing!"; or "The poor guy came to the meeting wearing a baggy suit"; "He always looks like a hobo in those old baggy clothes he wears".

So yes, I'd associate baggy with "vago", (maybe feo! but I don't think younger people would.

I don't know about Vago but there was a car called a Yugo?

Which brings up a question:

Here in the U.S. the young men have taken baggy to the extreme and wear their pants off the hips down below the buttocks so that their entire butt is showing. (unfortunately, that trend has not yet caught on with the girls)

I don't know where it started but I think it was with the rappers and gang members here in the U.S. Do you have that "fashion" in Argentina...or anywhere else?

It has become so bad that it has been banned in schools and in public in some towns. It is perhaps the most stupid fashion statement I've yet seen.(sorry, no offense. That's just my opinion.)

Re: ¿Por qué se le dice baggy?

Hi Vicente, yes, we do have this fashion here in Argentina as well, but I guess not that extreme but pretty close!!
Pim, Vicente, I guess the "baggy" terms comes from "bag" giving the idea of something loose. What do you think?
I hope the trend never gets to the girls, because that would be the least classy thing I could ever see!!

Re: ¿Por qué se le dice baggy?

Re: Baggy clothes
To me if someone wears baggy clothes, it means ill fitted clothes. That to me it means the clothes are bigger than they need to be. It is not the same as comfortable clothes. Comfortable clothes are the opposite of "fit" clothes but comfortable clothes still need to be of adequate size. Some stores call the comfortable clothes "loose fit".

Re: auto
You are actually referring to "buggies" or VW buggies. Different pronunciation.

Re: ¿Por qué se le dice baggy?

So we can blame Calvin Klein for that awful "fashion trend"?

Of course you are right PIM. There is a difference between baggy jeans and "full cut, comfortable" jeans. Baggy, off the butt, pants (not necessarily jeans) are popular with teenage boys. Wide or full-cut jeans for men are built more for comfort. Are women also wearing them now?